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Status of the extended form of the Lichtenbaum conjecture

The extended Lichtenbaum conjecture concerns the relationship of special values of $L$-functions of number fields $K$, to the algebraic $K$-theory and etale cohomology of the ring of integers $O_K$. ...
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What arithmetic information is contained in the algebraic K-theory of the integers

I'm always looking for applications of homotopy theory to other fields, mostly as a way to make my talks more interesting or to motivate the field to non-specialists. It seems like most talks about ...
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Who first noticed that the Hilbert symbol is a Steinberg symbol ?

Hilbert reformulated the quadratic reciprocity law of Gauß as a product formula $$ \prod_v(a,b)_v=1 $$ for the various local Hilbert symbols. For each place $v$ of $\bf Q$, the Hilbert symbol $(\ ,\ ...
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